Netvibes is a French subsidiary of
Dassault Group that previously ran a
web
Web most often refers to:
* Spider web, a silken structure created by the animal
* World Wide Web or the Web, an Internet-based hypertext system
Web, WEB, or the Web may also refer to:
Computing
* WEB, a literate programming system created by ...
service offering a
dashboard
A dashboard (also called dash, instrument panel or IP, or fascia) is a control panel (engineering), control panel set within the central console of a vehicle, boat, or cockpit of an aircraft or spacecraft. Usually located directly ahead of the ...
and
feed reader.
History
2005–2012
Founded in 2005 by
Tariq Krim
Tariq Krim (born October 25, 1972, in Paris) is a French entrepreneur, creator of Netvibes and the founder of Jolicloud, a personal cloud computing, cloud content computing platform and Joli OS, a free operating system based on the Jolicloud pla ...
, the company provided software for personalized dashboards for real-time monitoring, social analytics, knowledge sharing, and decision support.
2012–2025
On February 9, 2012,
Dassault Systèmes
Dassault Systèmes SE () (abbreviated 3DS) is a French Multinational corporation, multinational software corporation which develops software for 3D product design, simulation, manufacturing and other 3D related products.
Founded in 1981, it is ...
announced the acquisition of Netvibes. As of 2024, the Netvibes brand comprises three French software companies acquired by Dassault Systèmes:
*
Exalead: founded in 2000 by
François Bourdoncle, the company provided search platforms and
search-based applications for consumer and business users. On June 9, 2010, Dassault Systèmes acquired the company.
* Netvibes: the company provided software for personalized dashboards for real-time monitoring, social analytics, knowledge sharing, and decision support.
* Proxem: Founded in 2007 by François-Régis Caumartin, the company provided AI-powered semantic processing software and services. On June 23, 2020, Dassault Systèmes acquired Proxem and integrated its technology into the 3DEXPERIENCE® platform to complement its information intelligence applications.
Closure
Dassault Systèmes announced in April 2025 that Netvibes.com would retire its standalone service on June 2, 2025. The company itself continues to operate from within Dassault, but the Netvibes.com service was closed.
Activities
*Brand monitoring – to track clients, customers and competitors across media sources all in one place, analyze live results with third party reporting tools, and provide media monitoring dashboards for brand clients.
*E-reputation management – to visualize real-time online conversations and social activity online feeds, and track new trending topics.
*Product marketing – to create interactive product microsites, with drag-and-drop publishing interface.
*Community portals – to engage online communities
*Personalized workspaces – to gather all essential company updates to support specific divisions (e.g. sales, marketing, human resources) and localizations.
The software was a multi-lingual
Ajax
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Greek mythology and tragedy
* Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea
* Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris
* Ajax (play), ''Ajax'' (play), by the an ...
-based
start page or
web portal
A web portal is a specially designed website that brings information from diverse sources, like emails, online forums and search engines, together in a uniform way. Usually, each information source gets its dedicated area on the page for displayin ...
. It was organized into tabs, with each tab containing user-defined modules. Built-in Netvibes modules included an
RSS/
Atom
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feed reader, local weather forecasts, a calendar supporting
iCal, bookmarks, notes, to-do lists, multiple searches, support for
POP3
In computing, the Post Office Protocol (POP) is an application-layer Internet standard protocol used by e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail from a mail server. Today, POP version 3 (POP3) is the most commonly used version. Together with IMAP, i ...
,
IMAP4 email as well as several
webmail
Webmail (or web-based email) is an email service that can be accessed using a standard web browser. It contrasts with email service accessible through a specialised email client software. Additionally, many internet service providers (ISP) prov ...
providers including
Gmail
Gmail is the email service provided by Google. it had 1.5 billion active user (computing), users worldwide, making it the largest email service in the world. It also provides a webmail interface, accessible through a web browser, and is also ...
,
Yahoo! Mail,
Hotmail
Outlook.com, formerly Hotmail, is a free personal email service offered by Microsoft. It also provides a webmail interface accessible via web browser or mobile apps featuring mail, Calendaring software, calendaring, Address book, contacts, and ...
, and
AOL Mail,
Box.net web storage,
Delicious,
Meebo,
Flickr
Flickr ( ) is an image hosting service, image and Online video platform, video hosting service, as well as an online community, founded in Canada and headquartered in the United States. It was created by Ludicorp in 2004 and was previously a co ...
photos,
podcast
A podcast is a Radio program, program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. Typically, a podcast is an Episode, episodic series of digital audio Computer file, files that users can download to a personal device or str ...
support with a built-in audio player, and several others.
A page could be personalized further through the use of existing themes or by creating personal theme. Customized tabs, feeds and modules can be shared with others individually or via the Netvibes Ecosystem. For privacy reasons, only modules with publicly available content could be shared.
References
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News aggregators
Web portals
Internet properties established in 2005
2005 establishments in France
Software companies of France
Data management
Organizations based in France
Multilingual software
Data analysis software
Data analysis
Dassault Systèmes
Data science
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